03 Special patterns with many and few

Question 1

The few hotels in the area are always full.
Can you eat up these few peas?
Tim introduced us to one of his many girl-friends.

Answer 1

Many and few can come after “the”, “these/those” or a possessive.

Question 2

Many a ship has come to grief off the coast here.

I’ve driven along this road many a time.

Answer 2

This is rather literary. In informal speech many times or lots of times would be
more usual.

Question 3

The disadvantages of the scheme are many.

The scheme has many disadvantages/a lot of disadvantages.

Answer 3

Many or few can be a compliment.

This is rather literary. Many before the noun is more normal.